selfishly

In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.

Adverb

  1. In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.
    • What emerges is a softly supernatural story about a futurist who behaved as selfishly as any retrograde male genius. - 2023 April 13, Amy Nicholson, “‘Hilma’ Review: An Artist With Spirit”, in The New York Times:

Origin

Etymology tree English selfish Middle English -ly English -ly English selfishly From selfish + -ly.

Forms

more selfishly most selfishly

Antonyms

unselfishly

Related

egoist selfish